Virginia Woman Sentenced for Role in Drug Trafficking Operation

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Hailey Lynn Oliff, 28, of Mount Jackson, Virginia, was sentenced today to 66 months in federal prison for her role in a drug trafficking operation in Berkeley, Hampshire, and Morgan Counties.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Oliff was one of the distributors of the organization, selling methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine hydrochloride, and cocaine base.

Oliff will be on three years of supervised release following his prison sentence.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.

The Potomac Highlands Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated. The task force consists of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the West Virginia State Police, the Hampshire County Sheriff's Office, the Mineral County Sheriff's Office, the Hardy County Sheriff's Office, the Grant County Sheriff's Office, and the Keyser Police Department. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Berkeley County and Hampshire County Prosecuting Attorney's Offices assisted.

This effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.

U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.

Press release on original indictment: www.justice.gov/usao-ndwv/pr/twenty-six-charged-eastern-panhandle-drug-trafficking-indictment

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